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Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation v. OnePromom
United States District Court for the District of Colorado · Federal district courts · CO · · No. 25-cv-03285-NYW-MDB · order
On 2026-06-09, in Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation v. OnePromom, the District of Colorado ordered plaintiff to show cause why the filing was not sanctionable and whether counsel complied with professional obligations. Counsel filed a motion using quotations that did not appear in the cited source.
- Disposition
- The court ordered plaintiff to show cause why the filing was not sanctionable and whether counsel complied with professional obligations.
- Recorded conduct
- Counsel filed a motion using quotations that did not appear in the cited source. — outcome: pending; actor: lawyer
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What the court wrote
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However, the Amended Complaint alleges that the Employee Handbook contains certain language that does not appear in the document filed by Defendants. Compare [Doc. 24 at ¶¶ 42–47], with [Doc. 34-1]. Because the Court cannot verify the accuracy of the document filed by Defendants, the Court declines to consider it in ruling on the Motion to Dismiss. Case No. 1:25-cv-03285-NYW-MDB Document 49 filed 06/09/26 USDC Colorado pg 3 of 21 at ¶ 90]. Plaintiff alleges that this “legally shareable” “proprietary knowledge” was “confidential and trade secret information and documents that Ms. Combs had obtained and retained from THTBC . . ., and which she used, disclosed, or planned to use or disclose, for or to Combs Consulting’s clients.” [Id. at ¶ 93]. In August 2025, Ms. Combs began working for CBRE Government & Defense Services, a direct competitor of THTBC. [Id. at ¶¶ 105–06]. THTBC initiated this action on October 17, 2025, [Doc. 1], and filed the Amended Complaint on February 6, 2026, [Doc. 24]. It asserts eight claims: (1) a breach of contract claim against Ms.